BE A METEOROLOGIST!

Project title: Be a Meteorologist!
Grade: 5
Name: Laura Norris
Project idea: Students will predict weather. Students will investigate different cloud types and use weather tools. Students will draw conclusions from data and observations, and then present a weather forecast.
Driving question: How does weather change?
Content:

• 5 E 1.2 Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements
• 5 E 1.1 Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns
• 5 E 1.3 Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
• 5 SI. 1 Apply criteria to determine appropriate information resources for specific topics and purposes.
• 5 TT.1 Use technology tools and skills to reinforce and extend classroom concepts and activities
• 5 RP.1 Apply a research process as part of collaborative research

Major student product:
Major Products:

• Graph weather data
• Poster of weather instruments- Quiz/Questioning CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
• Poster of cloud types and descriptions -----Also could be with other poster CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
• Give a weather forecast, individually

Revision/reflection

• Revise work
• Practice forecast

Public audience

• Meteologist
• Perform before school staff/students

In depth Inquiry

Driving Question -----How does weather change?
Need to Know

• Computer
• Observations
• Weather channel
• videosProject title: Be a Meteorologist!
  Grade: 5
  Name: Laura Norris
  Project idea: Students will predict weather. Students will investigate different cloud types and use weather tools. Students will draw conclusions from data and observations, and then present a weather forecast.
  Driving question: How does weather change?
  Content:
  • 5 E 1.2 Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements
  • 5 E 1.1 Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns
  • 5 E 1.3 Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
  • 5 SI. 1 Apply criteria to determine appropriate information resources for specific topics and purposes.
  • 5 TT.1 Use technology tools and skills to reinforce and extend classroom concepts and activities
  • 5 RP.1 Apply a research process as part of collaborative research
  
  
  Major student product:
  Major Products:
  • Graph weather data
  • Poster of weather instruments- Quiz/Questioning CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
  • Poster of cloud types and descriptions -----Also could be with other poster CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
  • Give a weather forecast, individually
  
  Revision/reflection
  • Revise work
  • Practice forecast
  Public audience
  • Meteologist
  • Perform before school staff/students
  In depth Inquiry
  
  Driving Question -----How does weather change?
  Need to Know
  • Computer
  • Observations
  • Weather channel
  • videos